Chapter 13: The Dilemma of the Great Yan Kingdom

It turned out that not far from the suburbs of Jiayuan County, there was a steep mountain called Panlong Mountain. Here, a gang of thieves lived. These guys are all extremely vicious and have committed many crimes. The people within a radius of dozens of miles, as long as they mention the thieves in Panlong Mountain, they all change their colors. Let's be clear, as long as bad things happen in the area of Jiayuan County, they will have a good chance of it. As the parent official of Jiayuan County, Li Fang felt that he had a responsibility and obligation to eliminate harm for the people, bring this gang of thieves to justice, and return the world to a prosperous future.

It's a pity that the terrain of Panlong Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the gang of thieves is extremely fierce and ferocious, just with this little bit of men and horses under Li Fang, if you want to capture Panlong Mountain, it is simply a fool's dream. As a result, Li Fang's idea of exterminating the bandits in Panlong Mountain has never been successful.

But as the saying goes, opportunities always come too late when people are about to give up. No, once, the second horse of Panlong Mountain actually led a few of his subordinates to sneak into Jiayuan County. And Li Fang, who got the tip, was of course overjoyed, and immediately led his subordinates to arrest them. But no one thought that the ferocity of the thief and the horse was beyond people's expectations. In order to subdue Ma Yidao and several people, Li Fang's subordinates actually paid the price of nearly fifty lives.

"There are enemies on the outside, and thieves on the inside, when will the world be truly peaceful!" The place that Xiao Chen came to is located in the Great Yan Kingdom, which is rich in things and rich in people, and it is a typical farming country. The Waikou refers to the barbarians who are adjacent to the Great Yan Kingdom and in the extremely cold land in the north. The country established by the barbarians for the nomadic people, although the population is pitifully small compared to the Great Yan Kingdom. But the barbarians are all bold and fierce by nature, and everyone is a natural warrior.

What's more, because they are in the extremely cold land in the north, the land is barren, and the materials are extremely scarce, and the life of the barbarians is extremely difficult. In order to solve such a problem, the barbarians shifted their attention to the Great Yan Kingdom, which was adjacent to them. So the war between the two countries began, and although the barbarians were sparsely populated, they were all fierce warriors. In the face of the soldiers of the Great Yan Kingdom, with one enemy and ten, it is not a problem at all. Although the Great Yan Kingdom is vast and has many people, due to the innate weakness of the character of the farming people, and even more for reasons why some people dare not say it, in the face of the attack of the barbarians, they can only support it hard, and sometimes even have to agree to some conditions put forward by the barbarians to lose their power and humiliate the country.

In the Great Yan Kingdom, due to the ineffective suppression of the imperial court, thieves and robbers have sprung up in various places like mushrooms after a rain. And these guys are all experts at harming the people. Under such internal and external troubles, it is no wonder that the county order Li Fang is full of emotion.

"Master, what caused all this is the weakness and incompetence of the imperial court, and I can't complain about others, especially the emperor today... That's it." Hearing the master's feelings, Wang Bantou on the side couldn't help it and interjected.

Jiayuan County is a small city among the many cities in Dayan Kingdom. And Dayan is a country with a large land and a large population. On the land area, on the number of population, on the resources and environment, on the humanities and mathematics, it is said that the surrounding countries are ashamed. And the royal family of today's Great Yan Kingdom is Murong Yi's family, and now the saint's name is Murong Yan, who is more than 20 years old, and it is the time when he is full of vigor and energy. It stands to reason that the Great Yan Kingdom has such a good environment, as long as the emperor is willing to work hard, as long as the ministers can work hard, they will be able to create a prosperous generation, and at worst, they can make a difference. But......

However, the current emperor Murong Yan only wants to enjoy himself, ignoring the major affairs of the court, so that the power is sidelined. It's okay for an emperor to ignore the government, if you are good at employing people. Even if you are a king who only knows how to enjoy comfort all day long, the world will not be too chaotic. But the problem is that although Murong Yan is the king of a country, he is too cowardly, and there are few courtiers who are cowardly.

As the king of a country, the emperor is cowardly and incompetent, and he is addicted to pleasure, coupled with the unscrupulous ministers. The consequence of this is the serious malfunctioning of the state apparatus. Those so-called ministers of the imperial court disregard the people's livelihood, only care about making money and grain, and fighting for power and profit. It is rare that there are a few ministers of noble character who are loyal to the monarch and love the people who do not want to be in the same stream are either excluded from the court or have to leave in gloom.

With the departure of the few incorruptible ministers, the already filthy court was even more chaotic. It can be said unceremoniously that the current imperial court is almost paralyzed, and the officials do not want to do anything except know how to collect the people's fat and ointment, and they are not willing to do anything. It's a pity that a huge country has been turned into a miasma, so that the common people are complaining. Hey, when a country reaches such a point, it stands to reason that it should have perished a long time ago. But Murong Yan was very lucky, because behind him, there was an incomparably powerful force silently supporting him and helping him, this was the Huangfu family.

The Huangfu family, a somewhat mysterious and extremely powerful family, is also a family that is extremely loyal to the Murong royal family. When the Murong Yi clan was founded, there were four people who spared no effort to assist the Morong clan and made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Yan Kingdom. After the founding of the country, they were respected as the four founding masters, and their families were even more respected as the four great families of the Great Yan Kingdom. In particular, Huangfu Yan of the Huangfu clan was directly called the national teacher by Murong Fuzun, the founding emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom. No one knows how strong the Huangfu clan is, but what people know is that no matter how big the crisis is, once the people of the Huangfu clan appear, the so-called huge crisis is just a small trouble.

But since the incident that happened twenty years ago that made the vast majority of people in the Great Yan Kingdom afraid to talk about it, everything has changed. The wise and martial founding emperor Murong Fu actually died, and the other three of the founding four heroes also chose to leave the government and the opposition, leaving only the most loyal Huangfu Yan and his family still assisting Murong Fu's descendants without regrets.

But since then, the glory of the Great Yan Kingdom has ceased to exist. And Murong Fu's descendants are even worse from generation to generation, and now, they have passed into the hands of his grandson Murong Yan......

"Shut up, as a courtier, how can you evaluate the saint? Since ancient times, the food of the king should share the worries of the king. Your Majesty is ignoring the government now, and he is just young and playful. In just a few years, Your Majesty will grow up and accept his heart, and he will definitely make every effort to govern the country, cure corrupt officials, and reform malpractices. Eventually, a great peace and prosperity will be created. And we just need to do our job and wait for this day to come. Li Fang's color changed suddenly, and he reprimanded angrily.

"Subordinates are guilty, subordinates are guilty!" Wang Bantou hurriedly lowered his head. He understands that his lord's loyalty to the court and the Murong royal family is clear to the sun and the moon.

"Wang Bantou, you remember for me that today's words of great disrespect to the saints, I hope this is the first time I have heard it, and it will be the last time I have heard it. Li Fangchang took a long breath and sighed leisurely. Although he angrily reprimanded Wang Bantou, whether the development of things can really be as he said, to be honest, in fact, he has no bottom in his heart.

"I understand, I understand. Wang Bantou didn't say anything. But after all, he has been working under the county magistrate for so many years, how can the county magistrate's true thoughts be hidden from himself?

"Wang Bantou, it's not too early, you hurry down and rest!" Li Fang, who felt extremely tired, waved his hand.

"Yes. Wang Bantou finally left. Li Fang sighed, Your Majesty, my current Great Yan Kingdom has reached a time when it is in danger, as the king of a country, you must not sink any more.

How nice it would be if the Heavenly Gods had never appeared in this world! Such a thought suddenly appeared in Li Fang's mind. "Bastard, Li Fang, what are you thinking?" Li Fang shook his head desperately.

A hundred years ago, it was a calm and peaceful world. People live simple and unusually happy days every day, and the only fear is the threat from the brutes. And it was at that time that the gods descended. They told people about the existence of the Phantom Sea, and also taught people how to awaken the Phantom Sea.

The one who finally succeeded in awakening the Phantom Sea gained great power. And the once extremely fierce and terrifying brute beasts are no longer a mortal threat to humans. It stands to reason that human beings can live happier lives. But.

But no one would have thought that when people's strength is strong, people's greed is also expanding rapidly. Money, beauty, power, status, these visible and invisible temptations can make most people crazy. And these things can't be obtained in a vacuum, and the owner certainly won't give them away.

Finally a feud was born, then it gradually turned into a fight, and finally into killing. When more and more people are involved, the killing finally turns into war. And the most intuitive manifestation of war is that corpses are everywhere and wailing all over the field, that is, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and there is no dog barking for thousands of miles. Countless people have been disrupted and displaced. A beautiful Datong world at the good end has become a hell on earth in an instant.

Fortunately, just when the people were about to fall into despair, the Celestial Lords finally intervened, and they severely reprimanded those who had lost their minds because of their great greed, and severely punished those who refused to listen to advice. Hopefully, this will restore the peace of the chaotic world to its former peace.

But what the gods did not expect was that in the face of the stimulation of great greed, people had long lost their original respect for the gods. Better yet, for the advice of the gods, the yang is against the yin. As for those who are bold, they even have to fight with the gods and adults.

Finally, the Celestial Lords were completely enraged. They really don't want to see the originally beautiful world become so dirty, and they really don't want to see the originally kind people become so violent. After several efforts, great results have still not been achieved. Finally disappointed, the Celestials finally decided to leave this world and vowed never to return. And named it the Land of God's Forsaken.

Not long after the gods left, people couldn't help but rejoice, it was so good that the last trace of scruple was finally gone. But before long, people fell into endless panic.

That's right, the Awakening Phantom Sea is indeed capable of giving people great power. But this powerful power is also a double-edged sword, it makes people stronger at the same time, but also hurts people's ** and spirit. In the past, people revered and believed in the gods, and they were able to get the care and help of the gods, so that they would not be harmed by this negative energy.

But now, the gods are gone, and the people have finally tasted the consequences. Without the care of the gods, using the power of the Phantom Sea without authorization will be frustrated at least mentally, and it will be the first initiative. Heavy, that's going to have a mental breakdown, ** completely die. Then, don't use the power of the Phantom Sea! But in the face of the temptation of Chiluoluo, who can really let go? Besides, even if you are willing to let go, will your enemy agree?

Eventually, things got worse. "Celestials, we know that we are wrong, I beg you, come back quickly!" the people let out a helpless wail. But the gods have regarded this place as a forsaken place, how can they return?

The war continues, and the killing takes place in every corner of the world all the time. No one knows if they will be able to see the sun rise the next day. It has finally been discovered that humanity's greatest enemy is not the terrible brutes, but humanity itself.